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[[File:The Midnight Shadows Site.png|left|thumb|The Shadows website on the day of January 29, 2024, showing all the messages in order.]] | [[File:The Midnight Shadows Site.png|left|thumb|The Shadows website on the day of January 29, 2024, showing all the messages in order.]] | ||
Beginning on January 22, 2024, several The Midnight fans reported receiving postcards in the mail that featured comic book style art on one side and a cryptic message on the other. The postcards contained a QR code which led to [https://themidnightshadows.com themidnightshadows.com]. The site displayed nothing other than the band's logo and message of "Coming Soon", with a form to sign up for updates. A hidden countdown timer was later found in the source code, which counted down to January 24. On that day, the message was changed to "There's a moment in time..." and a new countdown to January 30 was started. On each day, the site displayed a new message before eventually displaying all of the posted messages, which were also seen on the postcards. On January 30, the graphic novel was officially announced and available for preorder, with a deluxe bundle and both hardcover and paperback editions of the novel available. | Beginning on January 22, 2024, several The Midnight fans reported receiving postcards in the mail that featured comic book style art on one side and a cryptic message on the other. The postcards contained a QR code which led to [https://themidnightshadows.com themidnightshadows.com]. The site displayed nothing other than the band's logo and message of "Coming Soon", with a form to sign up for updates. A hidden countdown timer was later found in the source code, which counted down to January 24. On that day, the message was changed to "There's a moment in time..." and a new countdown to January 30 was started. On each day, the site displayed a new message before eventually displaying all of the posted messages, which were also seen on the postcards. On January 30, the graphic novel was officially announced and made available for preorder, with a deluxe bundle and both hardcover and paperback editions of the novel available. | ||
On the day of the announcement, The Midnight's manager Justin Little answered fan questions about the graphic novel on Discord, [[Media:StartofGraphicNovel.png|revealing]] that planning for the project began in the fall of 2020. It was also confirmed that the recipients of the postcards were [[Media:PostcardSending.png|randomly selected]] from people who had ordered merchandise from the [[List of The Midnight merchandise|US online store]]. | On the day of the announcement, The Midnight's manager Justin Little answered fan questions about the graphic novel on Discord, [[Media:StartofGraphicNovel.png|revealing]] that planning for the project began in the fall of 2020. It was also confirmed that the recipients of the postcards were [[Media:PostcardSending.png|randomly selected]] from people who had ordered merchandise from the [[List of The Midnight merchandise|US online store]]. [[Tyler Lyle]] also elaborated on the graphic novel's release, stating on Threads that the band "wanted to tell a big story" that was longer and more in depth than what could be expressed in a three-minute song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyle |first=Tyler |date=January 30, 2024 |title=(1) @tylerlyle • Threads has eaten my post, so let’s try the lazy way • Threads |url=https://www.threads.net/@tylerlyle/post/C2vKNTPv9FQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/dcfHK |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=Threads}}</ref> | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
Revision as of 22:51, 30 January 2024
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| Date | October 1, 2024 |
| Page count | 136 pages |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Zack Kaplan |
| Artists |
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| Letterers | DC Hopkins |
| Colourists | Thiago Rocha |
| Original publication | |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 1506734162 |
Shadows is an upcoming graphic novel that takes place in the universe of The Midnight. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the graphic novel will be released in bookstores on October 1, 2024, and October 2, 2024, at comic shops.[1][2]
Background and announcement
Beginning on January 22, 2024, several The Midnight fans reported receiving postcards in the mail that featured comic book style art on one side and a cryptic message on the other. The postcards contained a QR code which led to themidnightshadows.com. The site displayed nothing other than the band's logo and message of "Coming Soon", with a form to sign up for updates. A hidden countdown timer was later found in the source code, which counted down to January 24. On that day, the message was changed to "There's a moment in time..." and a new countdown to January 30 was started. On each day, the site displayed a new message before eventually displaying all of the posted messages, which were also seen on the postcards. On January 30, the graphic novel was officially announced and made available for preorder, with a deluxe bundle and both hardcover and paperback editions of the novel available.
On the day of the announcement, The Midnight's manager Justin Little answered fan questions about the graphic novel on Discord, revealing that planning for the project began in the fall of 2020. It was also confirmed that the recipients of the postcards were randomly selected from people who had ordered merchandise from the US online store. Tyler Lyle also elaborated on the graphic novel's release, stating on Threads that the band "wanted to tell a big story" that was longer and more in depth than what could be expressed in a three-minute song.[3]
Synopsis
Join THE MIDNIGHT, one of the world’s top synthwave bands, comprised of Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan, on an electrifying and original sci-fi adventure inspired by the poetic storytelling and the neon-soaked aesthetics of their music.
Jason has spent his life running from his problems, but now he and his childhood sweetheart are on the precipice of parenthood, and he’s struggling with the loss of his adolescence. Then he re-discovers his favorite old video game, THE MIDNIGHT, a nostalgic 1980s fantasy adventure about a helmeted hero who travels to a cyberpunk world to save the people from eternal darkness. Seeking to repair his broken game, Jason ends up at a mysterious arcade in an abandoned 1980s mall, where he plays the old arcade game of The Midnight and suddenly he’s transported to…
…a post-apocalyptic Neverland in the year 2085. A world of perpetual night where time stands still. A final bastion of humanity in a glistening futuristic city. And a shocking reveal – they know him as the hero who once vanquished the shadow monsters, and they believe he’s returned to his true reality to do it again. More surprising, his wife is here, but only with a memory of Jason as this world’s hero. As this lost boy tries to embrace his new hero powers, with the help of his true love and her cyberpunk warriors, he must face the responsibility of protecting an entire world from danger and discover which world he truly belongs to.
For The Midnight fans and newcomers, created by rising comics writer, Zack Kaplan (Break Out, Mindset), artist Stephen Thompson (Star Trek, Batman Beyond), artist Jahnoy Lindsay (Superboy) and The Midnight, follow your dreams to a visually stunning cyberpunk metropolis, find love in the darkness, defeat shadow monsters and explore what happens when we hide in our fantasies. Are we escaping life’s monsters or simply escaping ourselves? The answers lie in the Midnight Graphic Novel.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Midnight: Shadows TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (January 30, 2024). "The Midnight: Shadows Brings the Popular Synthwave Band to Comics - IGN". IGN. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ↑ Lyle, Tyler (January 30, 2024). "(1) @tylerlyle • Threads has eaten my post, so let's try the lazy way • Threads". Threads. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.